photographic developer
Photographic developers use chemicals, instruments, and darkroom photographic techniques in specialised rooms in order to develop photographic films into visible images.
Also called: photo retoucher, photography laboratory technician, photograph printer, photo developer, photograph laboratory technician, photography developer, photography lab technician, photograph developer
- 14
- essential skills
- 18
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 8132
- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- motion picture film developerWhat changes?11 skills in common
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Essential skills
14- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- cut photographic film
- develop film
- enlarge negatives
- handle chemicals
- identify customer's needs
- monitor film development baths
- mount photographic film in processing machine
- photographic processing techniques
- post-processing of photographs
- quality standards
- remove film negatives from processing machine
- remove photographic film from camera
- store negatives
Optional skills
18- calibrate laboratory equipment
- chemistry
- clean negatives
- dry photographic film
- edit negatives
- edit photographs
- manage offset printing process
- manage stocked company material
- mix chemicals
- monitor automated machines
- prepare offset printing machine
- repair photographic film
- rinse photographic film
- scan negatives
- soak film in water
- supply machine
- test chemicals in development baths
- test film processing machines
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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